A crooked GNR officer on road duties is to be prosecuted for pocketing fines paid by drivers.
The officer, stationed in Faro, is to face six charges for embezzlement, according to a statement from the District Attorney's office in Faro today.
The Public Prosecutor said the defendant would stop drivers who had committed infractions, who voluntarily paid him the fine due at the time, but that money never reached the public coffers.
The officer is accused of keeping and spending the money embezzled between October 2015 and March 2016.
The GNR Command in Faro said the officer already had been subjected to an internal disciplinary process and his senior officers then report the events to the Department of Investigation and Criminal Action (DIAP) in Faro.
The offences were all committed in the Faro area and have been subject to a full investigation by the Judicial Police.
